Ruminations...

Found a site that quite possibly might be the most awesome site ever.

Nimoy Sunset Pie

Okay, I might be exaggerating more than a little bit, but being a Star Trek fan I can't help but appreciate that totally whimsical website. I'm not sure why I like it. But in all honesty, how many of us like things a ridiculously huge amount, yet when asked, have no idea why? It's nice to appreciate a little illogic from time-to-time.

On a not-really-similar note, I finally caved and bought Left 4 Dead 2. This makes me a major hypocrite, and I'll explain why in a bit. I saw it on Steam (which is a proprietary front-end for games, FYI) for a measely $12, and caved.

The reason being for my hypocrisy/boycott, was the fact that when the original was developed, there was alot of talk about game support, add-ons, and SDKs for developing your own maps. What happened was very little support, a shitty add-on (not even half the size of a normal campaign), and an SDK put out about a month before they were to release the sequel, which renders the point of an SDK kind of obsolete. A sequel which boasted alot of the innovations the fanbase for the original were asking for. This whole scenario sort of split the community. Some embraced the idea of a sequel that was better than the first game, others (like myself) felt it was a bit of a slap in the face. Given that game development tends to take years, the release of the sequel happened exactly 1 year from the first game. Alot of people felt that the sequel really should've been an add-on for the first game, not a full-blown new game. One that gouges fans of the first for more money. Mind you, it's not like I expected to get all this extra stuff for free, I didn't. I just thought it was kind of offensive to ask full price for what was essentially a few more maps, with a few extra tweaks.

I suppose in my mind, the $12 I spent on Left 4 Dead 2 was worth it. But I still feel a bit heavy with hypocrisy.

Or is if from the Nimoy Sunset Pie...?